Search: Police are looking for an elderly man on a scooter similar to this one after a 90-year-old woman died in a hit-and-run incident outside Mapes bakery

Mrs Macey, of Harlow, Essex, was taken to hospital where she later
died. A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out today.

Although the unnamed driver has been questioned by police, he has not been arrested.

Officers are treating Tuesday's incident as a road accident, which means any charges will fall under the Road Traffic Act.

The act's most serious offence is causing death by dangerous driving, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

Alan Mapes, 65, who owns a bakery in Sandown on the Isle of Wight,
where the accident took place, said: 'Someone told me that the man said
it was the woman's fault for stepping out in front of him and then just
drove off.'

Mobility scooters can travel at up to 8mph, but the speed limit on pavements is 4mph.

Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward.

Bakery owner Alan Mapes, 65, said he ran out of his shop when he spotted Mrs Macey on the ground and saw the man sitting on his scooter.

He ran back inside to get towels to mop up the blood - and when he went outside again the man was halfway down the street.

He said: 'I was serving a customer a Belgian bun when I looked up and saw an elderly lady in a skirt and a mac lying on the floor half in my doorway.

'She was clearly in pain and had blood running from a six-inch gash on the back of her left leg. The wound was open and looked deep and nasty.

'Her daughter, who must have been 70 years old herself, was very distressed.

'I went out to see what had happened and saw a man sitting on a scooter.

'I ran back inside to get some towels to help stop the bleeding and when I got back a minute or two later the man on the scooter was halfway down the hill. He didn't hang around to see what condition she was in.

'Someone told me that the man said it was the woman's fault for stepping in front of him and then just drove off.

'People were comforting the woman's daughter and I took her out a cup of tea. Then an ambulance arrived to take the lady to hospital.'

Hampshire Police spokeswoman Susan Rolling said: 'There could be people who were on holiday on the island who saw what happened. We would like them to contact us if they have any information.'

Mobility scooters can travel at up to 8mph but the speed limit on pavements is 4mph.